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The manga Ed is more loving than the anime Ed. I thought Brotherhood would picture Ed differently. Still it was no a bad attempt.... but i was expecting more

Did you mean 1st anime Ed? Yeah, it's true if you're a fan of the manga you'd definitely love manga Ed much more than 1st anime Ed! (like me) (some other people still prefer the latter though).

As for Brotherhood although it hasn't been a very faithful adaptation so far, I thought at least they did quite a good job creating Ed's character. This version of Edward gave me the same feeling as in the manga, so I don't know where your problem comes from.

Ed is my favorite FMA character, and it's quite rare for a main character to be my favorite. Usually, my favorite is for some issue of relation. As far as Ed goes, him and I have a LOT in common. The loud arrogance, the overprotectiveness of the younger brothers. And also, I was short for my entire life, until I turned about 17, which is consistent with Ed in Conqueror of Shambala. I also used to threaten with death people who would make jokes about my height.

Also, I think the English FMA is one of very few (if any, other than it) good dubs that I've seen, and I think a large part of it is down to Vic Mignona's portrayal of Ed. I don't know if anyone agrees to me, because usually, people are anti-all things dub (as I am, admittedly), but I think that Vic really did a very good job.

I still prefer Romi Paku's work as Ed, but Vic Mignona's portrayal in the English dub was undeniably good. I just felt that he made Ed sound too old at times, and also a little too angsty. (though the first series is more to blame for that than the voice itself)

I personally liked Vic's voice in the first anime. Yeah Ed is my favorite character too. I think I can understand him when people call him small and mistaken him for the younger brother. I too am in the same situation. His anger is just soo cute. Ed is very mature for his age and that's what I really like about him. Sometimes he pretends to be tougher than he really is. There is so much to say about Ed.

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I like how Ed acts whenever people make fun of his height. Adds some humor into the series.

I also like how he gets pissed quickly and is ready to pop someone's jaw once he finds out they did the wrong thing. When Ed found out that, that one guy (who fused his daughter and dog to make a chimera) did that, Ed popped him right in his jaw.

my thoughts on edward would be that hes pretty weak on his fighting side but im sure he can do better though then hes doing rite now. I havent read the manga so i dont know whats he going to end up at but im sure hes going to be one hell of a badass

Ed's a pretty efficient fighter, and easily one of the most versatile ones in his series. He's only held back by his soft nature... and kinda by his desire to always resort somewhat to hand to hand combat, even though he doesn't really need to, what with his powerful instant transmutations.

He is resolved to not kill anyone and I don't think that makes him weak.

Speaking of which, I loved...

Spoiler for Manga:

the long conversation scene between Ed and Kimblee, where Kimblee asks Ed if he doesn't have the courage to kill, and Ed replies by saying he has the courage not to kill. That was a typical awesome Ed moment.

The conversation between Ed and Kimblee... that was really and awesome conversation. I really liked Ed views and words on killing. By killng he could easily have got what his and Al's journey had been for. Yet he chose the hard way. That's what I see as courage.

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